"The way to have good soldiers is to treat them rightly...A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major general."

President Abraham Lincoln

"I can think of no more fitting expression of this country's appreciation for the sacrifices of our young servicemen than to grant them the same rights they are defending."

Senator Sam J. Ervin

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

JAG Hunter here: Before our very eyes we see the intrusion of "plausible deniability." My surmise: One document not released is the one wherein the tactic being employed here was proffered. No matter, the outcome, the intent is to immunize senior commanders from criminal prosecution under the UCMJ, leavin' regular grunts hangin' out to dry. Take particular note this hefty document production came just one day after Military Judge Pohl ruled the generals had to testify under oath.